Stature estimation from bones of South African whites

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Dayal, Manisha R ^a,b   Steyn, Maryna ^c   Kuykendall, Kevin L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 49649123525     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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